Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-16
RAILROAD NEWS.
The New Overland Transportation Rseu.
Iations of Geaeral interest
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Is. r. chronicle, November 18th.
To the surprise of the general travelling
public, the Southern Pacific Company and
Union Pacific are giving the benefit Of the
new fast time arrangement to third class
passengers. The immigrant train leaves
this city at 100 A. NJ, the passengers pur-
chasing their tickets, dated for the day of
departure, on the preceding day This
train arrives at Ogden at s P N of the sec
ond day after leaving here. while the first
class train. leaving San Francisco on the
same day, does not reach Ogden until 7:30
A. NJ. OF the the third day.
Under the new arrangement the mail
clerks must be on hand at the ferry an
hour earlier than formerly. Two mails
now leave for and arrive from the East
daily via Ogden. Under the new system
six trains are now run daily to Sacramento.
y Those points of public interest in the
new passenger agreement of the transcon-
tinental lines, copies OF which arrived here
yesterday, are given below. The agree
ment was the result of a weeks session of
the general passenger agents of the Pacific
coast roads and other lines west of the Mis-
souri, river.
1t was agreed that halffare rate may be
made for regularly ordained ministers of
religion, Sisters of Charity and properly
certified missionaries also for railroad
actually dependent upon them for support
Excursion rates are not to be made be-
tween any two points at a less rate than the
regular single-trip rate between the same
or intermediate points.
Persons travelling in special cars must
purchase tickets. For fifteen persons or
less, fifteen tickets must be purchased, it
being understood. however, that the Oregon
lines, in order 10 meet Canadian Pacific
competition, may accept less number of
tickets for the passage of the party occu-
plying the cars of those companies under
charter, also a minimum rate of five cents
per mile for hauling such cars without oc-
cupants.
For a corpse frst-class ticket,
limited or unlimited, will be honored for
the transportation of the same in baggage
car. accompanied by passenger in charge.
For the corpse of child of any age I'M
der twelve, one-half ticket will be required.
A corpse unaccompanied by party in
charge may be transported by the express
companies, subject to their rules. CorpseS
will not be received for transportation I'M
less properly prepared and accompanied
by the necessary certificate.
Only $50 pounds of baggage will be al
lowed on each full ticket, and seventy-fve
pounds of baggage on each half ticket, ex-
cept that on foreign steamship orders, sold
in foreign countries for transportation
through the United States to foreign ports,
in either direction, $50 pounds of baggage
may be accepted on each full ticket, and $50
pounds on each half ticket.
Emigrant cars shall not be sent east of
the Missouri river, New Orleans, ST. Louis
and St. Paul
Regarding through excursion business,
the following rules were adopted The
ny ant af ao haII I
1883. Choice Of routes returning is to be
granted. The tickets shall be limited to
six months for the round trip and to thirty
days for west bound passage only. A change
OF route returning will be granted only on
payment of SO, in cases where ticket
holders desire a different route than that
selected ct the eastern transcontinental
terminus. Excursions may be run by
each initial transcontinental line not oft
ener than once a week up to January /,
1888.
Beginning on January 1st, an individual
and daily round-trip excursion rate of $50
will be made from Missouri river points.
On and after the same date the present $50
party excursion rate will be abolished, and
the individual excursion ticket will then
be sold daily
1t was also agreed that a round-trip ex-
cursion rate of $50 be made from Missouri
river terminals for the National Demo
cratic Convention to be held at San Fran
cisco next June or July, the tickets to be
iron-clad, good thirty days for the round
trip. no stop-over on west-bound passage.
Also, that the same round trip excursion
rates be made for the National Educational
Association, to be held in San Francisco
next July.
Also, that the same round-trip rates be
made for the Odd Fellows meeting, to be
held in Los Angeles next September.
The majority of the members present
voted TO recommend 10 the next general
meeting of the managers of transconti-
mental lines that the through Pullman
palace car rate from Kansas City and Coun-
Gil Bluffs to San Francisco or Los Angeles
be made the same. Also. that baggage be
checked through from and to points east of
.transcon,inental terminals TO and from Pa
cilic coast points, Eastern lines using the
present transcontinental form of excess
baggage checks.